Men are always prone to put religion off with scraps and leavings , and serve God with what costs them nothing . In the outward things of religion they are much more disposed to work for themselves than for God ; and if they have time that cannot be otherwise used , or funds that are not very current , to give them to the treasury of the Lord, and if any larger expenditure of either is urged , to plead that "the time is not yet come" to do this work . In the inward things of religion the same spirit is shown . The young , the middle aged and the old , all procrastinate the great work , on the plea that "the time is not come ", the convenient season that , like the horizon , recedes as we advance. T.V.Moore
"Heaven is my throne...Isaiah 63"
GOD'S REJECTION OF ALL MATERIAL TEMPLES. There was a time when it could be said that there was a house of God on earth. That was a time of symbols, when as yet the Church of God was in her childhood. She was being taught her A B C, reading her picture-book, for she could not as yet read the Word of God, as it were in letters. She had need to have pictures put before her, patterns of the heavenly things. Even then, the enlightened amongst the Jews knew well that God did not dwell between curtains, and that it was not possible that He could be encompassed in the most holy place within the veil It was only a symbol of His presence. But the time of symbols is now passed altogether. In that moment when the Saviour bowed His head, and said "It is finished! " the veil of the temple was rent in twain, so that the mysteries were laid open. So, one reason why God saith He dwelleth not in temples made with hands, is, because He would have us know that the symbolical worship is ended...
Comments
Post a Comment